Saturday, September 09, 2023

Proposal: Boxing (not that kind)

Timed out and enacted, 3-1. Josh

Adminned at 11 Sep 2023 20:53:19 UTC

Add a new subrule to the rule Form Sheet, called Box Packing:

* Potential Participants: Bob, Tom, Alice, Burt
* Required Participants: 2
* Potential Outcomes: X Participant wins; Draw
* Method of Resolution: Generate a 6x6 square grid with each space in the grid randomly containing the name of a Participating Participant.  Mark every space that is a part of a line of four spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally that all have the same name.  The Participant with the most marked spaces containing their name wins; otherwise, it is a draw.
* Meddling (Repackage): After the board is generated, but before marking, one random space that does not contain their name is changed to their name, if it exists.

(Lulu 1/Zach 1)

posted by Lulu at 09 Sep 2023 17:42:00 UTC Comments (8)

Comments

Josh: he/they

10-09-2023 08:18:04 UTC

for

Kevan: City he/him

10-09-2023 09:27:39 UTC

against This isn’t a sport.

Josh: he/they

10-09-2023 11:02:20 UTC

Fwiw I would essentially reskin this as actual boxing in the presentation.

Lulu: she/her

10-09-2023 12:01:34 UTC

It can be if you try hard enough!  It’s not like the other stuff we have are a real sport anywayd

Lulu: she/her

10-09-2023 13:03:37 UTC

Someone turned *Excel spreadsheets* into a sport.  Anything is possible.

JonathanDark: he/him

10-09-2023 14:58:40 UTC

imperial

Kevan: City he/him

11-09-2023 07:55:37 UTC

I’d read this as a dynasty where we gamble on pre-existing competitive sports from BlogNomic history. I’d always take creative constraints over “anything is possible”.

The basic mechanic here does work pretty well as an abstraction of controlling the space and lining up punches in a boxing ring, though.

Josh: he/they

11-09-2023 08:24:16 UTC

That’s where it started but, you know, nomic.

I will say that I think 8 sports may be too many so letting things sit for a moment before winnowing down to the interesting ones is probably also on the agenda.